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   sensible

   /ˈsɛnsɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit: "I cannot believe that it is sensible to spend so much"
   • ▪ (of a person) possessing or displaying prudence: "he was a sensible and capable boy"
   • 2. (of an object) practical and functional rather than decorative: "Mum always made me have sensible shoes"
   • 3. readily perceived; appreciable: archaic "it will effect a sensible reduction in these figures"
   • ▪ able to notice or appreciate; not unaware of: "we are sensible of the difficulties he faces"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘perceptible by the senses’): from Old French, or from Latin sensibilis, from sensus (see sense).

   Derivatives

   • 1. sensibleness noun

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